Group calls for Target to apologize, St. Paul PD to look at false reporting after 2 men accused of being armed

A locality group is calling for Target to apologize and for St Paul police to investigate the making of a false document after two young men were accused of having a gun outside the retailer s Midway store leading officers to draw their guns and handcuff them Police reported they uncovered no weapons on the men and they were issued These young brothers clearly went through a traumatic situation revealed Nasiy Nasir X national president of the Lion of Judah Armed Forces and national minister of information of the New Black Panther Nation at a press conference outside the Midway Target on Tuesday Nasir revealed the falsified information provided to police could have led to the young men being shot by police Police Staff made description about gun On Friday Terrence Gleason and Ronald Trice reported they were passing out information about the auto detailing business they work for A St Paul officer who was working contracted overtime at the Target on University Avenue was notified around noon about two people putting flyers on vehicles according to Alyssa Arcand a police spokeswoman The business requested the two men leave The officer requested them to do so which they did The officer was then communicated by business defense that protection staff had observed behavior that led them to believe one of the men was in possession of a firearm Arcand declared in a comment The staff also communicated officers about statements they heard the men say One of the young men was videotaping on his cellphone and after the officer initially drove away he videoed the other man lifting up his sweatshirt to show the business logo on his shirt underneath which was to say we re just here at work Nasir announced After the men left the Target parking lot police stopped them in another parking lot along University Avenue Nasir revealed they re demanding that the employee or employees who made the review about the gun be terminated and they also want to meet with the St Paul Police Department about how false reports should be addressed Why didn t the St Paul Police Department do a full thorough scrutiny and why didn t they look at the cameras before they approached these young brothers with their guns drawn Nasir requested He also questioned how police would approach a person who had a permit to carry a gun if they received a falsified police document In the department s announcement Arcand explained Because the information provided by protection staff was supposed to be true officers had a responsibility to respond at the time A Target spokesman declined to comment Tuesday Moms want safety for their sons Trice disclosed he thought he was going to die during the encounter with police I ve been thinking about that all the time And this man has a child Gleason declared of Trice whose -month-old daughter was also at the press conference with him Gleason s first cousin was Philando Castile who was fatally shot in Falcon Heights by a St Anthony police officer in Related Articles Wildfire evacuation orders lifted in northern Minnesota What Minnesota laws and policies changed after George Floyd Here are topics deadliest days on roads kick off Memorial Day weekend Defund the Police five years later What did the movement accomplish Ex-Minneapolis police chief recalls absolutely gut-wrenching moment of seeing George Floyd video I don t want my son to feel like he s not safe here declared Gleason s mother Nichole Castile We ve been through this before in our lifetime feeling that way Trice s mother Felicia Smith announced she was born and raised in St Paul and has lived in the same house for years For my kids in my neighborhood to be targeted all the time when this is our Target she commented Target requirements to be held accountable just as much as St Paul police need to be held accountable